She lets out a sigh and has a good cry, I tell her to release her feelings one at a time,” Cecelia, 30, wrote in a poem that ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

May this February 14th be filled with love and romance. Share these poems with your soulmate and let them know how much they ...

I have met so many good people of Petersburg, and I love the great possibilities that the city has on the horizon' ...

Poems are such versatile things. They can be as concise as a well-written line but also long enough to fill an entire book.

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Beyond scoping out the museum’s fascinating exhibits and learning about prehistoric mating behavior, enjoy music in the Great ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...